Improvement in buckles



l. SPRUCE.

Buckles.

NQJSOSQ, Patented April 28,1874.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JAMES SPRUCE, OF `W'ATERBUBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOI/'ILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPRovEMENT lIN BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of ALett( rs Patent No. 150,36), dated April 28, 1874; application led l March 26,1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES SPRUOE, of aterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following, ywhen taken `in connection with the accompanying drawings and the lcttersfof reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specication, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a view of the buckle complete; Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the parts detached 5 Fig. 5, the frame, loop, and tongues, as in their relative positions when the buckleis coin plete 5 and in Fig. 6, a section on line .fc w.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of that class of buckles designed especially for fastening or adjusting wearing apparel, and particularly those which are provided with a loop by which to attach the lined end of the strap or band5-and the invention consists in forming the frame in one piece with one side open,the loop and tongues in a second piece, the tongues at the base distant from each other corresponding to the.

opening in the side of the frame, and so as to lie therein, combined with a sleeve, which,

closed around the open side of the frame and tongue side of the loop, secures the two parts together, and so that the tongues and loop may be turned to open or close the buckle.

A is the frame, preferably formed from wire, bent into the desired form, and so as to leave an open space, a, upon one side 3 B, the loop,

is also made from wire bent into form, as seen in Fig. 3, thetwo ends turned substantially parallel to-each other to form the tongues b b, these tongues distant from each other corresponding to the. opening a, in the frame. These parts are set together as seen in Fig. 5, the

side of the loop outside the tongues lying close to the ends of the open side ot' the frame., thc tongues in the opening a. In this position they are secured by a sleeve, d. This sleeve is preferably formed from thin sheetmetal,

and perforated, as at i z', corresponding to the f tongues, so as to pass on over the tongues and lextend to the right and left'therefrom. This is 'closed around the side of the frame and loop, as seen in Fig. 6, rmly securing and hinging them together, so that the tongues may be freely moved to or from the opposite side of the frame.

While I prefer to make the sleeve as described, it may be made in two parts, one p -loop B in one piece, and the inclosing sleeve or band d, by which the parts are secured and hinged together, substantially as specified.

JAMES sPEUcE.

Witnesses: l

M. L. SPEREY, (3.1?. Goss. 

